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Faster Qld police discipline from review

Queensland's corruption watchdog has approved a major overhaul to the way the state's police officers are disciplined.

The review of the disciplinary procedures ran from last November to June this year, looking at ways to streamline the process and reduce the time needed to investigate complaints.

Through negotiation between the Crime and Corruption Commission, the police service and police unions, a new set of regulations governing disciplinary offences and their penalties was created.

Crime and corruption Commission Chairman Alan MacSporran said the previous system was "clearly broken" and praised the police service and unions for working with the watchdog to overhaul the process.

"Through these initiatives we've been able to achieve timeliness and consistency of outcomes not only for the officers involved but also for complainants specifically, and the QPS and CCC more generally," Mr MacSporran said.

"So everyone is a winner out of these initiatives."

Mr MacSporran insisted the CCC would remain the final arbiter of any dispute, and if it wasn't satisfied with any outcome it still had the power to order a fresh investigation.

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Police Commissioner Ian Stewart said he believed the new disciplinary framework would improve public confidence in police.

"We get around 2000 complaints a year, and that's been pretty steady for about the last 10 years," Mr Stewart told reporters on Monday.

"In the future I hope a lot of those complaints will never get to that stage, because of the types of processes that Mr MacSporran has explained."

Currently, 59 police officers are subject to disciplinary investigations, with 33 stood down and 26 suspended.

The changes have received bipartisan support, with both Labor and the Liberal National Party pledging to introduce them regardless of which party wins the upcoming state election.

Labor Police Minister Mark Ryan said the new measures would strike the right balance between having the CCC maintain oversight while allowing police to carry out investigations about less serious matters.

"This is an important step for our community, because our community must maintain confidence in our police service, and our police service must ensure that we always live up to those very high standards," Mr Ryan said.

The changes will be drafted over the coming weeks before being introduced into state parliament.

LNP police spokesman Tim Mander said the benefit for officers meant they would support the changes.